Israel ramps up military push in northern Gaza just weeks after considering siege plan

 


In northern Gaza, the Israeli military is conducting a widespread operation, issuing evacuation orders, and is preventing food supplies from flowing. A plan to besiege the region to starve Hamas and force it to release hostages was reportedly being considered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just a few weeks prior to the intensifying military action.

“The presence of terrorists and terror infrastructure in the area of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, as well as efforts by Hamas to rebuild its operational capabilities in the area,” according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intelligence, the operation was launched this week.

Practically speaking, the reestablished hostile has been undeniably more far reaching than the Jabalya evacuee camp.

CNN has been informed by four sources that retired general Giora Eiland's proposal for a siege has not been approved by the Israeli cabinet. Yet, the ongoing activity bears similarity to the arrangement introduced by Eiland in a public video, and in private to the Israeli bureau and the Knesset, Israel's parliament.

A previous senior military authority mindful of the Israeli government and security administration's reasoning - however not straightforwardly engaged with direction - let CNN know that the bureau had embraced "a form of" Eiland's proposition, which has come to be known as "The General's Arrangement." Eiland told CNN the case was "very obvious" yet said there were huge contrasts between his proposition and what was being carried out on the ground.

The rperation occurs at a time when the Israeli government is reportedly contemplating a number of strategies to restart the Gaza war.

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